The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday that a new report on state-sponsored doping in Russia had revealed “a fundamental attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and on sport in general”.

Wally Mason’s editorial in The Australian, about how diving damages football’s chances of becoming huge in Australia, has many fans shouting for a yellow or red card to be brandished in the face of the paper’s sports editor.

Not far short of 10pm last night, the North Melbourne Football Club released a rather casual, oddly-timed statement confirming that 25-year-old Jack Ziebell would in 2017 become the next captain of the club.

The Adelaide 36ers will be out to continue their impressive run of form in the NBL on Saturday evening with captain Mitch Creek back on the floor when they take on the New Zealand Breakers, desperate to put some life into their stuttering season.

The Perth Wildcats will be looking to get themselves off the bottom of the NBL ladder when they take on Melbourne United who are slowly looking to build form after they themselves sat on the bottom just a matter of weeks ago. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage of the match from 9:30pm […]

The Cairns Taipans will be out to improve their impressive home record when they host the league-leading Sydney Kings, who will be desperate to reverse the result from last time they visited the tropics. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage of the match from 7:30pm (AEDT).

Keaton Jennings made a brilliant start to his Test career in Mumbai, guiding England into a strong position on the first day in Mumbai, but India will be keen to hit back today with the pitch deteriorating rapidly. Join The Roar for live scores of Day 2 from 3pm (AEDT).

Having won the first two games of the series, Australia find themselves heading to Melbourne enthused by the prospect of a Chappell-Hadlee Trophy whitewash over New Zealand. Join The Roar from 2:20pm (AEDT) for our live scores and coverage of the match.

Continuing on from the discussion of forwards in Australian rugby that I’ll be looking out for is my delve into the backs as I start to check off my Christmas wish list of who I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for in the 2017 Super Rugby season.

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Roaring debate

Waz says: It's absoloutly offside - he touched the ball, there is no greater definition of "interfering with play" than that I'm afraid. I can not understand why the lazy so-and-so just didn't move out of the way as the play developed....

Bob Brown says: I have refereeing experience and would have given a goal.
He was not impeding any defender or influencing the play. The ball was going in anyway.
If it hit him and didn't go in, it would have been play on....

hogdriller says: As compared to who Terence?
Compared against other ball codes fan base where they seem to try and emulate their on-field heroes, whether it be at the ground, outside the ground or at home?...........give me our Footballs "snowflake generation" any...

ebop says: Lol indeed
I know what EJ is about and it seems that you are winding yourself up but only slightly for now
Will you join in the boot-a-thon when the time arises?
Please do, it may be cathartic if you're English. The rest will be doing it for...